Kitchen cabinet



Aug. 23, 1932. w. c. ,scHwANTEs KITCHEN CABINET Y sheets-sheet 2 Filed April 27. 1951 ,,i m l t Nm vm Patented Aug. 23, 1932 WILLIAM c. sc iiWANTEsjionMANizrowoG, wrsooNsivlf,

KITCHEN' Application med April 27,

Y The present inventionrelates to improvementsing kitchen .cabinets and has for an object to provide 'an improvedkitchen cabinethaving` a workingboard of novel form,

arrangement andV mounting, Vonwhich mayv beaccomplished Ysuch work -as preparing dough for baking, cutting'vegetables,`etc. s

Another object 4ot the invention is toprovide an improved baking orworkingboard 1o whi'chvwill be slidabl'e` in .the cabinet and capable` ofremoval from thefcabinet,and

whichA will have the appearance of a drawer when' concealed within the cabinet frame.

A further object of the invention resides in providingan improved construction of work'- ing' board, supporting stiles and: guide rails so Aar-ranged. and disposed as` torbe strong,v rigid'and yet easily slidingfand whereby a strongy support .for the board when extended will befurnished, at the same time allowing of the-.free separation of the board from the cabinet/and its supporting stiles. 1

- With theforegoingfandiother objects in view;` the invention will ibe more fully de-` scribed' hereinafter, fand will be morepar-` ticularly pointedV out in theV claims appended.V heretos In thedrawings, whereinzlike symbols refer.` to like or corresponding" parts throughoutltheseveralrviews, x J i Figure 1 is a side view of an improved kitchen cabinet constructed according to theV` invention with the board extended.

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the cabinet with the board'closed.

e Figure 3 is a vertical section taken on the line 3 3 in Figure 2. Y y

Figure 4 is a similar view with the parts in a subsequent position.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary cross section taken at right angles to Figure 4.

Figure 6 is a persp-ective view of the working board, stiles and guide rails, with the board partly broken away, and Y Figure 7 is a perspective view of the board taken from Vthe underside. V f

Referring-more particularly to the drawings the kitchen cabinet 10 is illustrated having a front wall 11 in which are provided the cupboard doors 12 and a bank of drawers 13 cnisiivntrf y 19ai; seriainofssszse Y or othersuitablearrangementf 'Ih'e'top of. the cabinetisindicated atL14.- j A- gWithin-the cabinet mountV a backing or Working boardlhaving'the ffront wall 16 in imitation of a drawerandprovided with an external-handle 17 byL whiclifthe board' 15 maybe, moved intol and out of: its working positio'nx.y f J L On its under side thecboard 15isV formed with' longitudinal. grooves 18 which terminateV atrthelinner end of" the board in .stopv shoulders 19. i im y These grooves-18 of the vworking boardfl are Aadapted to seat .upon ribs 20 produced upon the upper edges fof slidable stile 'bars 21. r'1 -he ribs 20 terminatein sh0uld'ers`22'which are adapted` to cooperate 'with7 .and strike' against,n theshoulders-19 of the working board=-155n whereby to limit thel `outward slidable movement of the working board 1.5 with f referencetothestilebars 21.

Nowthestilebarsf21 are mounted! between Y 28 `e-Xtends from the outer longitudinal "edge As shown in? Figure 5 theboardl is adapted=to move' in thesame plane with, and within; the upperygui'de shoulders 24 'and .thel upper tongues 28 are odset' outwardly from the ribs 20: There are shoulders 29". projecting laterally vfrom "fthe'lstilebars 21 'tov Vstrike against the front wal'llljl .of the' cabinet adj acent the opening 30 through which the stile bars 21f'an'd the working board 15 slidefThe groves 25 and 26 inrthe guide rails extend from endtoendjof such guide railsbut ythe grooves-13v in the under siide ofthe working o board` lterminate short of the .end of boardvasiindicated in Figure 7 'V In the useof the` device the stileb-ars 21 yand the' workingboard. 15 normally-occupy ani innen! :positionwithin` the` cabinet, `as: shown in the ioo

Figure 1, and the front wall 16 presents the f appearance of a drawer.

The working board` may be pulled out to the position shown in Figure 3 and in full lines in Figure 1. In so doing the board 15v will initially slide upon the stile bars 21 until the shoulders 19 and 22 Vcome together;

' whereupon the further outer movement of the Vworking board 15 will be accompanied by the outer sliding therewith ofthe stile bars 21 until the shoulders 29 of the stile bars strike-V the front wall 11of the cabinet. This outermost position of the stile bars is indicated in Figure 4, the arrangement being such that the inner end of the'working board 15 is then free of the front wall 11 ofthe vcabinet and the working boardV 15` may thereupon be lifted up as indicate'din dotted lines in Figo ure 1 and in full lines inv Figure 4,.so that it is possible to entirely detach the working board 15 from the cabinet and from the Vstile barsk 21. vThe lboard 15 may then be placed upon the top 14: of the cabinet or upon any other appropriate support. i v

' Thel board when not in use will be pushed in, thefront wall 16 encounteringr the slides 21 and forcing them in also.

The `working board 15 will be suitable for theworking of dough and for the cutting of vegetables and forother culinary operations.

f The device is'easily slidable and yet is vstrong and rigid and provides forholding the board 1,5 yin a. staunch condition when extended,

vwhile at the same time allowing .for its complete detachmentfrom the cabinet.

Itis obvious that Yvarious'changes ano modifications may be made-in the details of construction and kdesign of the above specifi cally described embodiment of this invention without departing fromY the spirit thereof, such changes and modifications beingy irestrict-ed only by the scope of the vfollowing Y claims. 1

Vha't is claimed is i- -V v- Y 1. A cabinet having a slide opening therein and provided -at'the lower portion ofthe opening and in the oppositesides thereof with longitudinal upwardly opening guiding grooves 'and provided at the upper portion of the opening and in the oppositesides thereof withlongitudinal downwardly opening guiding grooves. spaced apart: a distance( greater than the'Y space between thelower wardly offsetrib 'atits upper edge adapted to 1,873,492` f if:

engage in the adacent upper guiding groove, a bake board slidably mounted upon the upper edges o f the stiles andhaving in its lower surface guiding grooves, said stiles having forward upstanding ribs offset inwardly and out of line with the rear upstanding ribsv of the stiles for engaging in the grooves Vof the bakeboard to limit the' sliding'movement thereof on the stiles. Y

2. A, cabinet having auslide opening there in extendingthrough-the front wall thereof, a pair of lower guide rails disposed in the cabinet in the lower opposite sides of said opening and terminating against the front kwall ofthe cabinetand provided with upwardly opening guide grooves therein, ay pair of top rails `mounted: inthe cabinet in the -up.. per opposite sideportions of said slideopenfing and having downwardly facing guide grooves therein offset. outwardly from the* vertical planes ofthe lower guide grooves, .a

pair of stiles disposed in the Aopening of the cabinetone ineach side'thereof, said .stiles having depending "ribs, a't-theirulower end4 portions engaging inthe grooves of the lower guide Vrails-and having upwardly yextending ribs at their rear portions offset outwardly from the lower'rribs and engaging in the groovesof the upper guiderails, saidstiles havingat their forward ends upstanding' ribs disposed rsubstantially in the vertical planeV of the. lower rear ribs: of the stiles, andaV bake-board slidably'v mounted upon the' vupperedges of the stilesand havinginits un der `side grooves vadapted Vto receive, the forward yupstanding ribsA of the`v stiles, said grooves'of the ba-keboard terminating in. spaced relation ztotherearend thereof to provi-de stops to limit vthe sliding'rmovement VVVof the bake boardon the stiles and Yto; admit the removal ofthevbake Yboard bylifting kthe same from the'stiles when th'evlattelr-are yprojected from the cabinet.v I

Intestmony whereof Iaiiix my signature".

-WILLIAM C. SCI-IWANTES. 

